//  A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT & CEO

Thank you

for 2023

Groundswell Fund announced Yamani Yansá Hernandez (she/they) has become their permanent CEO, bringing over 25 years of experience in organizational development, executive leadership, and reproductive justice. Join us in thanking Yamani for her leadership. Read more here.

Ms. Foundation for Women released Living with Pocket Change: What It Means to Do More With Less, a report examining the impact and real-life experiences of chronic philanthropic underinvestment in the leadership of women and nonbinary people of color – and issues a call for care-based philanthropy. Read the full report and executive summary here.

The New York Women’s Foundation released a 4-year summative evaluation on The Fund for the Me Too Movement and Allies (The Fund), a fund focused on creating spaces for healing and advocacy utilizing a trust-based philanthropic approach. This report explores the development and implementation of The Fund’s efforts.

The New York Women’s Foundation also released their combined 2021 and 2022 Impact Report – read it here.

Women’s Fund of Greater Chattanooga released their 2023 Annual Report. Learn about their policy wins, community events, and more here.

As part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence 2023, Victorian Women’s Trust hosted a discussion on sexual harassment at work earlier this month. Watch the recording and read the event transcript here.

NewMexicoWomen.Org released their 10-year retrospective report, Weaving Worlds for Gender Justice and Healing. Read the report here.

Chicago Foundation for Women is hiring a Manager of Communications, Director of Development, and Director of Finance. Learn more about the roles and how to apply here.

In 2023, MADRE launched their Feminist Foreign Policy Memo, a monthly publication sharing updates from partners and policy recommendations supporting frontline, feminist, grassroots movements. Read MADRE’s reflections on their 2023 Feminist Foreign Policy work here.

Join The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade for their January Impact Collaborative: Amplifying Stories: What Happens When Abortion Access is Restricted? Learn more and register here.

January 4, 2024 | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. EST | Register here

Join Equality Fund for a virtual town hall for learning and exchange to celebrate, learn what Equality Fund has been doing, and what they’re learning from their partners. Simultaneous translation in English, Spanish, French, and ASL will be available. Learn more here.

January 23, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST | Register here

Early Bird registration for ABFE’s 2024 Harambee Conference is open through January 6, 2024. Harambee is the largest assembly of Black professionals in organized philanthropy. Learn more here.

April 25-27, 2024 | St. Louis, Missouri | Register here

Funders' Committee for Civic Participation is calling for session proposals for their 2024 Annual Convening taking place in Phoenix, Arizona from April 15-18. Submit your session ideas by December 22, 2023, aligned with their theme 'Philanthropy in Rising,' emphasizing intersectional racial justice, equity, and community-driven democracy. 

Black women have a 53% increased risk of dying in hospital settings during childbirth, regardless of their socioeconomic status. For more on the gap and how to bridge it, read the latest analysis from National Partnership for Women & Families here.

Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) program aims to inspire a philanthropic culture that is inclusive and supportive of trans people and the GUTC Leaders Fellowship Program provides ongoing support, peer networking, and leadership and professional development to a cohort of 6 trans, gender non-conforming, or non-binary professionals in philanthropy over a 12-month fellowship period. Learn more here and apply by January 15, 2024 here.

Show Her The Money is a documentary film that addresses women getting less than 2% of venture capital, demystifies what venture capital is, and features female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs.

Created by Producer/Executive Producer Catherine Gray and Director/Producer Ky Dickens, the award-winning film is building momentum in changing the narrative as it embarks on its 50 City Grassroots tour across the nation. View the trailer here and learn more here.

Contact [email protected] to learn how organizations can host a screening and use the event as a fundraiser for the film and your nonprofit.

CLASP released Roadmap to Equity: Ensuring Federal Infrastructure Investments Translate into Good Jobs for People of Color and Women, a paper that aims to support national, state and community leaders and advocates navigate the three major infrastructure laws by:

• Providing a high level overview of the IIJA, IRA, and CHIPS and Science Act; 
• Identifying the workforce and supportive service funding opportunities within the infrastructure laws and funding opportunities;
• Highlighting initiatives that can promote equity in infrastructure jobs; and
• Recommending a preliminary set of action steps for local and state leaders and advocates that can help ensure infrastructure jobs benefit women and people of color. 

Read the full paper here.

Omidyar Network launched their Cultivating Repair Catalyst Initiative a fiscally sponsored project of Amalgamated Foundation. This initiative is seeking nominations to join a participatory learning cohort of emerging organizations creating pathways to repair the harms stemming from the legacies of colonialism and slavery in the United States. Nominations are due by February 1, 2024.

Learn more here.

Intermediary organizations are vital and funders need to increase funding going to them — Nonprofit AF

How Unconscious Bias in Health Care Puts Pregnant Black Women at Higher Risk — The New York Times

Indigenous women, facing tougher abortion restrictions post-Roe, want Congress to step in
 — USA Today

India's Daughters — The New York Times